New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-16

for McDavtt and made such noise tnat eVeryDouy s
posed 1t would be close contest between quay anu NC
bavtt in the convention. When the votes were couhteo
| Quay had ten to one
| E. H. Ammidown. the dry-goods commission merchant
OF is Of the most active protective tarn
men I'm the country It principally through his ex-
ertons that the American Protective Tariff League was
! formed which now has active and pushing member
| ship In every State In the Union Mr. Ammidown is q
small slender nneabred man OF about hfty, with face
Indicating exceptional decision OF character ana partly
covered with u close-cropped gray beard He has great
faith the perpetaton OF protection us policy Oh COY
eminent through the education OF the people Inc Isrn
League under his direction is WORKING IN that direction
Tang about Its work the other day. he said that their
plan for educating the young @. .ae 20 be-
grea feature OF their work II Is In this direction tnas
the Free Traders made their greatest progress In
was done to Offset or checkmate their labors Mr. Ammi
down IL member OF the Union League CiuD ana an mr.
dent Republican, but on the Tariff question standing
shoulder to shoulder with the Democratic tariff men,
Secretary Bayard may congratulate himself upon hav
ing found an expected defender In the person OF Colo
mel TON" Ochtree of Texas who said yesterday III
a. tbe fashion TO censrc Mr. Bayard for his selections to
the public service abroad. 1t tho policy OF the Adj
mpistraon give most OF these position TO southern
NEIL and know most the appontees, so that do not
sneak at random talking about them In the first place
they are nearly all OF advanced and In this re-
spect Mr. Bayard is following the footsteps OF the great
est nations Of Europe whose diplomatic successes nave
been accomplished through men OF advanced years
When Judge Mannings name sent to the Senate 70
be our Minister to Mexico 1t u qualification to me be-
cause felt satisfied that he will do honor to himself
and the country. He is man OF decided ability,
particularly adapted for the diplomatic SER
vice OF tho seat OF government OF
people who consider personal accomplishments sine
at Lonion and ILLS the position worthy Governor
Mee wg cn i hs country has ever
where could you lind more cordial and elegant repre-
Rpriiu
a representative gentleman OF the south
Then there Is Governor hubbard who has gone to Japan
gauccries every one OF which is pure fiction They tell
You Of the Governor that he IL rough. uneducated and
old aristocr,tIc and wealthy Georgia families lie Is
school OF Harvard You take men OF the anteneiiun
Jackson Hubbard others that Lind and you will
always lind them travelled. cultured polite ana accom-
rrn,eman who would not be ont OF place at the court o,
the most faStidious country III the world
Two OF the largest checks for money ever drawn In
NewYork have Just been framed and will he hung up In
the presidents office Of the NewYork Central road They
are Vanderbilt checks and represent two genera
lions OF that family. They drawn nearly twenty
years apart. The first is for million dollars, and
reads as follows
NEw-YoRK March 2, 1867
:......-.: NATIONAL CITY BANk OF NEwloRK,
Q Mar: Pay to the order Of william f. Dinscombe,
C.V. Controller. One Million Dollars.
- 81, 900 OOO C. Vanderbilt
the OF this check which bears evidence Oh
having passed through banks IL tho Endorsement
"Good B Cartwright cashier" The check was given In
payment for the II Johns Park property now occupied
By the great freight depot Of the NewYork Central and
Hudson River Railroad Mr. Dnsoombe was then Con-
trolcr Trinity Parish. One worthy feature OF tho
check Ia the signature, which shows the vanderbilt nao
split in the centre after the old time fashion and the pre-
fix Of Van standing bold relief The other check Is
six times greater the hrst and reads as follows:
= 49,. w.. ~ %, 1904